The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
[New York, NY] : Random House Large Print, [2023].
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
First large print edition.
Physical Desc:
496 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Status:
5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe.
As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us.
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe.
As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us.
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.
Copies
Location
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Iron River Large Print Fiction
LP MCB pb
On Holdshelf
Land O Lakes Large Print Fiction
LP MCB (pbk)
Due Sep 21, 2024
Solon Springs Large Print Fiction
LP FICTION McBride, James
In Processing
Superior Large Print Fiction
NEW LP FICTION McBride, James
Due Sep 20, 2024
Webster Large Print Fiction
LP FIC MCB HC
Due Sep 13, 2024
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Fiction.
Deaf children -- Fiction.
Ethnic neighborhoods -- Pennsylvania -- Pottstown -- Fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Fiction.
Minorities -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Nineteen seventies -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
United States -- Ethnic relations -- Fiction.
Deaf children -- Fiction.
Ethnic neighborhoods -- Pennsylvania -- Pottstown -- Fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Fiction.
Minorities -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Nineteen seventies -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
United States -- Ethnic relations -- Fiction.
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593743775, 0593743776
Notes
Description
"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community--heaven and earth--that sustain us"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
McBride, J. (2023). The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. First large print edition. [New York, NY], Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)McBride, James, 1957-. 2023. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. [New York, NY], Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)McBride, James, 1957-, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. [New York, NY], Random House Large Print, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)McBride, James. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. First large print edition. [New York, NY], Random House Large Print, 2023.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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